One proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox suggests that intelligent civilizations remain silent by necessity. Advanced ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".

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With the countdown to Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, astronomer David Kipping proposes a controversial theory about the ...

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.